This is the first time that I read a PD James book and only now I realised that James is a female! Do read her website which has an interesting FAQ section where she explains why she is into detective story.
Her detective cast is the usual Alan Dagleish who with his two other team members have to investigate a death on the Combe Island. It is amazing how the entire book is set on this isolated island where PD James has the skill to make me stay engaged, on my toes as to who could be the murderer. Definitely a good read with no fanfare that you typically find in a crime novel. This is serious detective work.
This is a book which is over 700 pages and I only realised after reading 300 plus pages that I have read this book before! The book is engaging, talking about how one guy comes into the life of a plain and another vain cousin and how they ended up right in the center of a disappearance incident. Not giving the story away, but enough to say that the plot is engaging with a lot of focus on feelings of uncertainties of the two cousins and women in the story, plus a little about sex but no x-rated sections.
I picked up this book at a book sale in one of those moments where I asked myself when was the last time I did something daring? (It was actually in 2001 when I picked up ice skating, a dare for someone prone to tripping and twisting ankle.)
As with most inspirational books, this one does inspire with dares of ”doing something not your age”, ”do now, not later” etc. In fact, I gave this book to an air stewardness as I finished reading on the plane; of course, I felt it is a good enough book to pass on to another female.
Not life changing impact for me, but you can check out the Daring Female site for community support.